Is the Republican Party shrinking so that it and the Tea Party

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7. It's almost as if challenging a system from within

could actually yield practical results.

A political faction, small and scoffed-at, enters the realm of local politics to gain national traction. Small, isolated groups working with common purpose to achieve greater ends even though they must often fight pitched battles against the entrenched interests from within a larger group. Each tiny victory gaining them notoreity and recognition and perhaps even respect ass they build to a greater confrontation against their ideological rivals.

It's too bad progressives don't have a corresponding movement. We're told to dutifully pull the lever for the same ol' because we can't go 3rd party and if we worry about such silliness as primaries we'll give an advantage to the other side.

Primaries? HA! Like any schmoe could sign-up and actually make a dent. If that were possible you'd have incarcerated felons from one state make humiliating dents against incumbents in primaries in totally different states. Voters are to be herded, not inspired. Only fools believe "democratic" is a verb rather than just a marketing brand.